sondear
[sõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“sondear” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,677 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #56,677
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Echar el escandallo al agua para averiguar la profundidad y la calidad del fondo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sondear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sõn̪d̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sondear” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sondear is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,677 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
sondear has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sondear, spelled S-O-N-D-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Echar el escandallo al agua para averiguar la profundidad y la calidad del fondo.
- 2Averiguar la naturaleza del subsuelo con una sonda.
- 3Introducir en el cuerpo por algunos conductos, naturales o accidentales, instrumentos de formas especiales y de diversas materias, para combatir estrecheces, destruir obstáculos que se oponen al libre ejercicio de la función de un órgano, o para conducir al interior substancias líquidas o gaseosas, y otras veces para extraerlas.
- 4Inquirir y rastrear con cautela y disimulo la intención, habilidad o discreción de uno, o las circunstancias y estado de una cosa.
- 5Encuestar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sondear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-O-N-D-E-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sõn̪d̪eˈaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.